Costello is a longstanding BEA member and currently serves as the District 2 representative on the board of directors. The district oversees Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. He participated in a panel titled: “Understanding Legal Licenses and Clearances in the Digital Age: The Use and Misuse of Third-Party Content in Faculty and Student Productions.

Additionally, Grady served as a panelist during the BEA Assessment Boot Camp, which was “geared to faculty and administrators who are interested in both course and programmatic assessment.” His presentation was titled: “Programmatic Assessment: Beyond student-learning outcomes.”

This year’s Festival of Media Arts received 1,352 total submissions – with more than 1,100 in the student competition alone.